• CubitOom@infosec.pubOP
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      1. an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media

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      1. an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meme

      It doesn’t have to be funny or include a cat or cartoon to be a meme.

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        Thanks Mr. Dawkins, surely we’ve subscribed here for your rant in text!

        an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture

        Why do you think c/politics, c/news, c/politicalmemes, and c/bigbootybitches are separate comms? Why do comms with “meme” in the name exist at all? Literally everything on social media is ideas spread person to person within a culture.

        People go for “Meme” comms looking for content that’s actually funny or clever, not just random jagoffs screaming “me have good opinion, circlejerk me now, pls!”. Do better, I beg